Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, located on the A357 road five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) east of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Together with the district of Combe Throop it creates the parish of Abbas as well as Templecombe. The Abbas as well as Templecombe parish council has duty for neighborhood problems, consisting of setting an annual principle (local rate) to cover the council's operating expense and creating annual make up public scrutiny. The parish council assesses local planning applications and also deals with the regional police, area council policemans, and also area watch teams on issues of criminal offense, protection, as well as website traffic. The parish council's function also includes starting jobs for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, in addition to consulting with the district council on the upkeep, repair service, as well as renovation of highways, water drainage, paths, public transport, and road cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees and also detailed structures) and also ecological problems are likewise the responsibility of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually formerly belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is accountable for neighborhood preparation and structure control, regional roadways, council housing, environmental health, markets as well as fairs, reject collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and most costly regional services such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and critical preparation. The village drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northern parish is Mapperton with the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is additionally included. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is likewise part of the Somerton and also Frome county constituency stood for in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses 7 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.